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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-05-26
THE NEW TREATMENT OF CONSUMPTION


In another column will be found an
article worthy of the attention of physi-
clans, as we'll as the general public. 1t is
taken from "The Polytechnic" for May, a
monthly medical magazine published
under the auspices of the faculty of the
Philadelphia Polytechnic and College for
Graduates of Medicine. The article gives
statement from Dr. Henry of the re-
suits of the new treatment of pulmonary
consumption by enemata of carbonic acid
and sulphuretted hydrogen gases. The
figures given by DR.. Henry speak for
themselves.
The results, so far, are not
deemed sufficient to pronounce this a
certain care for that dread disease, hith-
erto considered incurable, and which, next
to fevers, is the great and fell destroyer of
the human species; but the experiments
mentioned certainly warrant further trial.
If successful, the new discovery will prove
one of the greatest Blooms ever vouchsafed
humanity. The new style of treatment
seems to be the rage in the north. The
medical magazines are all full of cuts
illustrating the apparatus necessary,
which costs from Sc to Sl5.
A few months will probably determine
the absolute value of the new PLAN
The new treatment is the discovery
of DR.. Bergeon, of Paris, who con-
ceived the idea as far back as
1856. The theory is. that the gases men.
toned, which, directly introduced Into the
blood, would be poisonous, introduced
through the intestinal surfaces furnish,
without injury to tho system, an anti-sep-
tic to the suppurative and septic sur
faces of the diseased lungs. 1t is not
claimed that the gases kill the bacilli, or
living microbes, the remote cause of con-
sumption, as modern science now regards
it. The apparatus for the application
of the gases was the invention of DR..
Morel, of Lyons, France.
Those of our physicians who have con-
sumptive patients should try the new treat,
ment.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-05-26

IT is limited that the real cause of DR..
McGlynn's apostacy and following after
Georgeism, are the result of disappoin
ment in not being made bishop.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-05-26

The law cannot make man moral but
II can make man dreadfully uncomfort-
able when he is immorai.-McKinne
(Texas) Mercury.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-05-26

WHAT n task that now being undertaken
in Washington! Seventy five expert money
counters will be employed two mon this in
the treasury department, to establish the
exact amount of our small ~ surplus, that
the new United States treasurer may go
into Office with the books all straight and
accurate. The people are robbed to get
these millions of surplus and then every
year or two thousand or so dollars are
spent to count it. Wise and profitable
state of affairs How much the United
States have to thank the republicans for /!
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-05-26

In speech made recently at Franklin,
Tex, Judge Bonner, of Tyler, made the
statement that che had heard it reported
that the Hon. Geo. Clark had received
$4,000 as a fee for accepting the state
craftsmanship of the nti-prohibition
party" In the Galveston News of
yesterday Judge Clark publishes
Il card, in which he stamps
the statement as maiciously false,
and administers a severe and merited re-
buke to Judge Bonner for circulating such
an unfoupded and baseless report. The
champions of prohibition, as Judge Clark
says in his card, will do their cause no
good by such unfair and unworthy methods.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-05-26

hardware stores. Water works system consisting
of stand pipe, 204 600 gallons capacity; lG5 feet
elevation: also direct pressure from two large
compressed Dnplex pumps.
One and sneh half mile inch main, mile 6 inch
main, IA miles inch MAN, l mile inch main.
Total mains, miles.
Supply, Leon river, inexhaustible. Cost Of water
works, s46, o. Public schools special tax system ;
annual attendance, over go pupils: 3 weekly
papers, daily paper, ) church buildings (white),
, church bull ings (cOlore'D, hotels; Baylor
Fe ale college. County seat of Bell county. Sub
sidy offered, $3.50 o. to be paid as per Austin con-
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The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-30
Why They Don't Like Him.

The bitterness with which local con.
troversies are often conducted Is IL
lustrated by the New York Journal
ofCommerce reminiscently, as tollows;
In asmall country town in New Eng,
land one man had held the position
of town clerk for may years. He was
not over.courteous. and became a lit
tie inattentive to his duties. For
this reason some of his fellow-towns.
men thought the time had come for a
change, and they nominated a e
candidate for the Office. Upon this
issue and this alone the people divid.
ed, and the strife in spite of it's cir.
cumscribed limits was absolutely ap.
palling. No more spiteful quarrel
could have been possible if n side
had been alien assailants and the 9TH
err patriotic defenders of home and
freside. Each party had it's store,
where alone its members did their
little trading in dry goods and gro
ceries. Each had its physician, and its
followers would have died in convul-
sions before they would have asked
for a prescription or taken a bolus
from the other doctor. Only two
members of the old clerks party st.
tended what was the orthodox" or
Congregational church, and these
were regarded by the rest of the Wor-
shippers as the black sheep Of the
flock. This was in our boyhood, and
we heard any class of meH
more iercely denounced for all that
is evil in human character than the
adherents OF the one candidate were
by the other in that little village.
The new clerk was successful, but the
wrangle ended not with the election,
and was continued with undated
zeal and malignity for more than a
decade Of years.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-30
Compromises.

Your Harvard sophomore is often
both a philosopher and a mathemat.
ician. The following bit OF history,
which has just come to the Athenian,
verifes this: AGO man has been do
ing some very useful reading during
his vacation with a charming and in.
sellectual young girl who has been
paying annual visit to his sister. The
books chosen have been very useful
ones, and the hours OF work were the
golden ones between 8 and IL in the
morning. when the average summer
youth and maiden are engaged in far
more frivolous pursuits. They were
doing finely with one of Corneille's
most tiresome plays one morning,
when the sophomore's senior, who
told the man who tells the story,
came near to the arbor where thev
were sitting, to water her petunias.
close at hand. Unwittingly she heard
this bit Of deduction;
Intelligent girl severely Nov.
George, # you're going to interrupt
me by petting my hand every tother
minute that way, J shall put down
my book"
Hell wish you would"
She (more severely)-"And give ar
the play? No, indeed. But TN make
a bargain with you. I'll stop reading
and give you both my hands tor ave
minutes i after that You will promise
to attend TO the reading"
be lbrightly1-sI know a better
plan than that. just give one hand
Tor ton minutes and 90 right on witt
the Choctaw. Boston Advertiser.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-30

owe you, you abominsblS little tito
mass OF contradictions? DO you
suppose / won't protect you
with my life itself? Do yon FANCY
for a moment that l won't take your
part when you decide what your par'
is?'
"Let me 90! let me go, sir" she ex.
claimed; ''or else, at any tate let ne
find my handkerchief ana She
strugoled for her handkerchief, that
the Kisses her husband gave her might
not be too salt, and pulling IL nom
her pocket, something IN a great arc
and stream of lustre whIrled out WIN
the violently wrenched Handkerchief
sailed through the air like nothing so
much as a flying rainbow, and Tell "'
her feet.
1t was the lost diamond.
Mrs. Torrance stopped in the midst
of her tears, blushing, d~isheveled, a!a-
mond-dropped herself, as pretty @SlShC
as a rosebush in a shower, n heid
back her skirts with both hands while
she looked at the shining eye there De,
fore her on the carpet. The hoir,u
thing" she SAID; 1.-The horrid unWlnK'
inc, accusing thing. 1t io calling ne
all sorts of names. I shGllnever want
to see it again. Only think, if l had
denounced that poor girl. ImsoGIad
I never breatned of it to her. lremem-
Der I had on this very gown when Mrs;
Veasy was in. How stupid OF me;
Now, ri take this down to a diamond
broker to-day, and Mildred,s Mabel
shall have her $1,000 worth OF les
sons. I dare say she'll sing at our
parties by-and-by. She'll be our par
ticular prima donna, and by that
time l shall have improved Mildred
in a companion. Oh, l think you
would despise such a ridiculous, wick
ed little wife as l am" she cried, turn
ing to her husband; you ought to
have married q saint. What a good
man you are, Archy!"
My dear" said Mr.. Archy, life
with any other woman who didn't ar
range these little circuses for my morn
ing entertainment would be too stale,
fiat. and Improbable to endure. !
should run away from the saint and
take to the flying trapeze and YOU
Harriet Prescott Spotford, in Har
per's Bazaar.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-30
A Lucky Cashier.

Kingman, one of the cashiers down
at the First National, says the Chico.
90 Herald, is q favorite with the Chi
nese OF the city. 1t was a long while
before the gentle but suspicious sons
Of the Fiowery Kingdom would put
any trust in anybody around at the
bank. They even pat fff1ta
through his PAGES for about a month
before they gave him their confidence.
IA Chmaman would call in the nora
ing and ask him the price Of exchange
on China. Getting the figures, the
almond eyed fellow would put them
down and leave. In the afternoon
another would come in, ask the same
question, put the figures down in his
own hieroglyphics and depart. After
making these sort Of inquiries twice q
day for a few weeks and comparing
the two figures obtained each day the
heather community was finally salts
fed. Klngman, they saw, gave the
same price on the same day to whom.
ever came along He didn't make
different figure for every poor
wearer of a Gus who asked the
question. This settled, Kingman got
so much celestial business that there
have been at times as many as fifty
Cinnamon on the banks books at d
time. About q year ago n of these
depositors came IN, and telling the
cashier that he vas going back TO
Canton. asked in the good American
fashion Tor kiEgman's photograph,
Expecting thst it would settle the
matter the banker replied that he
would exchange pictures. At once the
Chinaman said he'd do that with
pleasure, and produced q likeness bv
Sgrony in the very highest STYLE 81
chat artists work. Then Kineman
had to accede. That was d year acu.
Recently q Chinaman, decked out IN
silks, walked into the First National
Bank with a bundle under his arm.
When he reached Kingman's desk Ne
showed his teeth pleasantly and drew
up the corners of his eyes alter hts ma
tive manner. The cashier took the
proffered parcel and opened it. 1T
was 9 splendid likeness, done in oil.
ct Canton, from the photograph do
mated the year before. The China
man had gotten back after d veArs
absence, and had made haste to pre-.
sent himself with his little testimonial
for the Mclean bank man who did
not make but price for exchange
TO Chinaman on tho same day.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-30
Found the Fork,
From the Lancet.

From the Lancet.
DR.. William Wilson reports
'ollowing interesting case;
"Cipriani, to whom you referred IL
=. recent number, while initiating Gle
,xnloits of a iuggler in swallowing q
iork, some sixteen years ago, allowed
ito psss into his esophagus beyond
MS control. After various attempts
At extraction, made by himself, his
friends and his wife, he was on the
following day transferred to the Ospe.
9aie de- Santa Maria Nuova, where al.
20 all efforts at removal were una
v~ailing. Several ingenious Instru.
ments were invented for the purpose,
but failed. He remained in the hos.
oitaI for five weeks, suffering more or
ess inconvenience, moral as well AS
0hvsica!, for the public we're diFsasaa-
n opinion, some proclaiming him
onIv a fool, others an impostor. All
ven or so afterward, having produced
severe pain, hemorrhage and other
lntovard symptoms, it was ascer.
tained that the fork had effected its
exit from the stomach and passed in
to the intestines, accompanied with a
relief to the more urgent phenomena
motion, however, o~CCasioned severe
suffering. He now wandered from
place to place, a subject OF interest to
some, of ridicule to others, till three
Or four weeks ago he was attacked by
acute pleurisy OF the right side, ter
minating in effusion, and was Admit
ted into the OspedaIe di San Giovanni
Ii bio. Recovering from this, atten-
tion was again directed to 1.-THE fork,
which was discovered in the right sliac
iossa, pointing obliquely upward to
the left side. 1t was evidently fixed
in this situation, for palpatBtion
effected no change in it's position. and
considerable enlargement could he de-
tected in h eimmediate neignborAood.
After long hesitation he consented TO
an operation, which was performed
by the distinguished surgeon, Professor
Rosati, aided by his skillfuL assistant,
DR.. Catani. An incision was made
extending from an inch and a nall
below the unbiliCus perpendiculariy
down to the pubes, and after Considera.
bic difficulty the fork was extricated
from the ascending colon, the blunt
end pointing upward. There had been
long and constant inflammation, as
was proved by the great thiGkening Of
the bowel, adjacent tissues, andthe firm
adhesion OF the colon to the abdom.
NAL particles. The bowel was opened
the edges secured to the abdominal
integuments, and the wounds dressed
in the usual way. The fork measured
twenty-five Centimeters and present.
ed but little erosion; for, though the
plating had disappeared, the extremi-
ties retained their original defined
outlines. The time could not be cal
culated which it had taken in reaching
it's ultimate destination, but proba-
bly, many years, Judging from thecon.
dition OF the surrounding textures.
The patient bore the operation well,
and was very anxious to secure pos
session of the fork as conclusive EVIL
dence against his detractors. There
has been no fever or untavorabie
symptoms; and the wound is nearly
healed, there remaining only 3 small
6~stulous opening communicating with
the intestine"
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-16
CATARRH

To those who are afflicted with any of the
diff rent forms of Catarrh, we would say,
there is no disease which presents a greater
divers ty ot symptoms. none more loathsome
insid1ous and danger GUS than Nasal Catarrh,
especially II complicated.as it almost always
is, even from It's first Appearance, with an
affection of the throat
From the earies: symptoms (which are
generally attributed TO a &C I'D in the head')
to the various ugly and distressing stages
through which the disease passes, the pa
tient ia hopeful II recovery, and rarely
gives 1t proper teution unil cert ain
alarming symptom present themselves, de
noting Hnmists kably the rapid advance OF
are the symp' oms that the presence Of the
disease is not always known or even sus-
pected, until it has reached stag e difficult
to arrest. The disease may or may not be at.
tended hy discharge from the nostrils or
throat. but there is usually present a NOR.
bid seci elton and frequent disposition
Especially in the morning) to clear the
throat, and the effort to do so is often,
though not always, attended by expectora-
tion there is a sensation of heaviness in
the frontal part OF the head, and the brain
sometimes suffers to an extent producing
headsche. vertigo and confusion; 1t be-
comes difficult to think clearly, aud to con-
ceptrate the mind: the memory becomes
impaired and the intellect enfeebied; de.
spondency of spirit and an excitable condi-
tion OF the nervous system. Such Is the ef.
feet of the disease, and III to this train of
symptoms (Which not infrequently leads to
to insanity or idiocy) we add many of the
~ ore loa'bsome physical effects. as cassles,
or rottenness of the tones of the face and
head. most offensive smell to the breath,
and corrupt, morbid and poisonous secre-
tions, destruction or the serious injury of
the sense of smell. hearing. sight and taste
we have a catalogue of horrors " hich would
lead any person to make early and proper
efforts to eradicate the disease from the
system. Every case of Catarrh is durable IL
properly treated.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-16
Personal Mention.

G. w. Garcelon, Riverside, is at the
st. Elmo.
7. II. Burgoyne, Topeka, Kansas, is
at the st. Charles.
f. L. Buck OF Monrovia is stopping
at the Pico House.
G. l.. Murphy of Tucson is registered
at the Grand Central.
John l.. Medlin of San Bernardino
IS at the Grand Central
j. S. Keefer, of the Grand View
Hotel, Monrovia, was in the city yes
terday.
Paul Crowley, well known San
Francisco merchant, is in the city on
his way to Lower California.
w. w. Cone, Manager of the United
States Detective Association of Sacra-
mento, is visiting the city.
Mrs. John Cashin and her daughter
Miss Maggie, who have been spend
ing some weeks in Southern Califor-
mia, left yesterday for their home in
San Francisco.
c. M. Wood, tor many years on the
staff of the San Francisco evening
Post, arrived in this city yesterday on
the way to San Diego, where he takes
editorial charge of the Union.
j. d. Spreckels, son of Sir Claus
Spreckels, of San Francisco, and head
of the shipping department OF the for
mer's business, passed through Los
Angeles yesterday morning on his way
to San Francisco from San Diego.
Drs. A. z. Valla and p. J. O'Neill,
of the Medical College of the Uni
versity of Southern California, leave
this morning by the Santa Rosa, to
spend few weeks at Monterey and
Santa Cruz.
Phil Stein, the Postmaster of Pomo-
ma, was in the city yesterday. He re-
ports things on the up grade in his
incompatible section. He brings ia
vorable reports of Stowell, OF the Pro-
gress, and it is to be hoped that the
little fellow will be able to keep up
enough nerve to live on. He is too
valuable to lose.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-16
THE FIRE BELL.
A Tailoring Establishment on
Spring street Burned.

The alarm from box 45 at O'Clock
last evening was for fire in the one
story frame building, $50 South Spring
street. The place was occupied by
Fred. Roth, where he carried on a
tailoring establishment. A few days
ago Mr. Roth left for Santa Monica,
where he intended to spend a week,
and his wife followed him yesterday.
The place was left in charge Of an en-
ploye, who was seen to enter the
house last evening, and shortly after
wards light was observed burning in
back room. When the blaze was
discovered the light had been extin-
guished and the house was locked up.
The fire department responded to the
alarm and succeeded in subduing the
flames, not, however, until the estab-
lishment was burned badly and com
pletely gutted. A couple of sewing
machines and few articles of wearing
apparel were alone saved. The
loss will amount to $4,000, and it is not
known whether the building or the
stock was insured
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-16
The Devil,s Auction.

The DerTs Auction, very beauti-
full fairy spectacular comedy with a
sort OF an Arabian-Night plot, will be
produced at the Grand Opera House
on Monday night, when it is expected
large audience will be present. This
is said to be great spectacle, superior
in many respects to the performances
given by the Kiralfys. The scene
ry is beautiful and costly and
the company is the best of its kind on
the road. The costumes are rich and
effective and the ballets are imposing
and novel. The opening scene is the
cave of gigantic mushrooms, and the
change from this to the Audoche val
ley, where Mephistopheles holds
sway, is made without shifting or
sliding. A like change is made in the
second act, where an ordinary set
suddenly changes into the gorgeous
interior of Chinese palace. The
specialties are wonderful, and the
Opera House is sure to be filled every
night during the week.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-16
Chronic Bronchitis.

Chronic Bronchitis is also an inflsmms
tion of the mucous membrane of the bron-
chial tnbes. When q cold settles on the
lungs the disease either ends in bronchitis
or pneumonia. If 1t ends in bronchitis 1t
usually passes off as u cold on The chest
and still the patient does MT feel entirely
well. He feels tired and languid, and is in
capable OF taking his usual amount of exer.
else. and experiences ehortness of breath
with more or less warmth in the palms OF
his hands. Soon after this n cough appears
accompanied by an sxpectoiation OF thick
mucus, followed by he cite nush, loss OF
tinue, when the patient assumes all the ap-
pearances OF having genuine case OF con.
sumption. But this is simply catarrh of the
lungs or chronic bronchitis.
In the later stage OF the disease the mucus
mem brane OF the larger bronchial tube
softens, white in the smaller tubes and air
cells of the lungs the mucus membrane be.
comes congested and infiamm1d. There
are no cayaties nor tubercles in the lungs,
but merely a wasting away of the larger
bronchial tubes, and death takes place
from obstruction of the bronchial tubes and
air cells of the lungs. The pstient dies
from exhaustion and suffocation, being
unable to expectorate the mucus which
lungs, which in some cases Is sticky and
small in quantity, but more commonly
coplous, of light straw or yellowish green.
Ofteutimes streaks of blood make their ap-
pearance in the mucus. and at times there
is disagreeable smell. Persons thus af.
hicied are very liable to take cold, at
which time The mucus becomes clear and
frothy. and Ii Is not uncommOnly the case
that the patient dies In one of these attacks
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-16
ssPygmaIiOm and GaIatea.,'

The Langtry troupe presented Lddy
Clancarty to good house last night,
but still not to 50 large an audience as
she had on previous nights. The piece
is replete with interest, and abounds
in dramatic situations. 1t is founded
on that historical episode in the reign
of William the Third, which culminat-
ed in the execution of Sir John Friend,
the leader in the plot to assassinate
the King. BY the way, Sir John
Friend was the last man who suffered
on the block in England. The char
acters We're historically costumed, and
played with more than their usual
cleverness. Mrs. Langtry dressed her
role superbly, and made a beautiful
Lady Clancarty.
Pygmalion and Gdlatea will be pre-
sented tonight. This play ought to
give Mrs. Langtry chance to appear
at her best. As beautiful piece of
statuary, which "Galatea" is supposed
to be, she ought toafford to the critical
eyes OF the cognOscenti a marvel of ami
mated beauty carved out OF cold mar
BILE by the chisel of "Pygmalion."
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-16
The Highest Authority.

William Hammond Hall, the State Engin
eer, who has had years OF experience in land
and water in California, after a full exami-
nation of the Rancho Ex-Mission of San Fer
nando, reports to the owners of the prope ry,
the Porter Land and Water Company, as fol-
lows: "You have 10000 to 1000 acres,
and perhaps more, of really first-rate valley
lands for cultivation, with soils not TO be sur
passed for fertility and desirability by those
of any section; lying very favorably for irri-
CATION and in a neghborhood whose climate
Is well adapted to the best class of agrieul-
tural, horticultural and vineyard productions
usual in this country" Mr. Hall has been
employed by the company to devise a com
plcte plan for the irrigation of the tract with
the waters flowing from San Fernando, Syca-
more and Pacoima creeks, and from the i'm
mense cienegas located upon the ranch, and
the public may expect the finest water sys-
TEN in California upon this property Office,
room No. Q, Los Angeles National Bank
building corner First and Spring streets A
man always at san Fernando, with convey
anccs, TO show the property
PORTER LAND AND WATER Co,
BY John b. Baskin, secretary and sole agent.